Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Nuro
Behavior
$202.3-303.1k
Plus bonus and equity
Office located in Mountain View, California
Autonomous delivery vehicle manufacturer
Be an early applicant
Autonomous delivery vehicle manufacturer
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$202.3-303.1k
Plus bonus and equity
Office located in Mountain View, California
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To better everyday life through robotics.
Role
Who you are
- If you want to implement cutting-edge robotics and machine learning technologies in a collaborative environment with immediate impact, come and join us!
- 4+ years of Industry experience in robotics, computer science, mechanical/aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, mathematics, or related field
- Robotics expertise in areas such as path planning, motion planning, trajectory generation, behavior planning, optimal control
- Strong math (geometry, analysis, probability), physics (kinematics, dynamics), and analytical skills
- Machine learning experience with techniques such as deep learning, reinforcement learning, imitation learning, transformers, and diffusion models
- Strong software development skills and Python/C++ coding proficiency (C++ preferred)
- Ability to collaborate within and across teams and derive best solutions from cross-functional interactions
- Desire to work at the edge of research and development, bringing algorithms from research into production
- Plus: hands-on experience developing software for safety-critical systems
What the job involves
- We are looking for software engineers to research, develop, and implement planning technologies for fully autonomous vehicles
- You’ll be developing state-of-the-art algorithms to enable the Nuro Driver to safely and reliably plan complex maneuvers in a human-like manner
- Design and implement novel robotics and machine learning technologies for behavior, motion planning, and decision-making for autonomous driving
- Maneuver planning in semi-structured environments, such as parking and multi-point turn maneuvers
- Planning contingency maneuvers to ensure safe driving under anomalous conditions on all roads
- Motion plan validation to quantify onroad risks to ensure safety
- Motion planning and trajectory optimization, planning under uncertainty, and combining data-driven techniques with traditional model-based methods
- Work cross-functionally with engineers across behavior, perception, mapping, and ML research to advance the state-of-the-art in autonomous driving
- Implement practical solutions with production-ready software, to deploy new technologies on real vehicle platforms in a safe, performant, and scalable way
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior members of the behavior team
Our take
Nuro offers custom-built autonomous vehicles for the delivery of physical goods, rather than people. Its vehicles have a distinctive, futuristic, design that has not only made the vehicles noticeable from a marketing point of view, but, has also made its vehicles stand out to other road users, improving safety.
Nuro is an exciting addition to the autonomous vehicle landscape. Without a passenger inside the vehicle, it has been able to sidestep some of the safety issues that have plagued other autonomous vehicle brands. Additionally, the company has landed several high-profile partners, including Uber, Walmart, Chipotle, and Kroger.
With home deliveries at an all-time high, many companies are looking for ways to get goods to customers’ homes as fast as possible. Low-cost, efficient services such as Nuro's offering are becoming increasingly attractive. The company is turning its focus to commercializing and scaling the production of its third-generation vehicle at a new facility in Southern Nevada as it hopes to expand its services across the US.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Nov 2021
$600m
SERIES D
Nov 2020
$500m
SERIES C
Total funding: $2.1bn
Company benefits
- Free Caltrain pass and commuter benefits
- Company stock options
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company values
- Earn it - We seek and expect excellence and are not afraid of hard work
- 1% better everyday - We continuously focus on improving both as individuals and as a company
- Find a way - We embrace uncertainty and thrive on solving the hardest problems
- Act now - We trust our team's judgment—everyone is a problem solver
- One team - Nuro only succeeds if we are all working toward a common goal
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Articles
Leadership
Jiajun Zhu
(CEO)After an MA in Computer Science at the University of Virginia, Jiajun worked as Principal Software Engineer at Google for over 8 years. He left this role in August 2016 to co-found Nuro with Dave.
Dave Ferguson
(President)Experienced Robotics Engineer with stints at Google (Computer Vision and Machine Learning Lead) and Intel (Senior Research Scientist). PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University.
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